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Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney

Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t. Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.

306 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right
Walter Mosley

In the latest from “mystery master” Walter Mosley, a family member’s terminal illness leads P.I. Joe King Oliver to the investigation of his life: tracking down his long-lost father, and meanwhile, a new case pits King’s professional responsibility against his own moral code.

321 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Bitterfrost
Bryan Gruley

The first in a brand-new crime thriller series from Edgar nominee and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bryan Gruley. Feisty defence attorney Devyn Payne faces off against veteran detective Garth Klimmek as they work to solve a vicious double homicide in their small, icy town of Bitterfrost.

324 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Cold as Hell
Lilja Sigurdardottir, Quentin Bates

ÁrÓra returns to Iceland when her estranged sister goes missing, and her search leads to places she could never have imagined.

pp. Paperback - Mystery/Thriller

Death Deserved
Thomas Enger & Jorn Lier Horst

Police officer Alexander Blix and celebrity blogger Emma Ramm join forces to track down a serial killer with a thirst for attention and high-profile murders, in the first episode of a gripping new Nordic Noir series...

328 pp. Paperback - Mystery/Thriller

Fair Play
Louise Hegarty

For fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lucy Foley, a wonderfully original, genre-breaking literary debut from Ireland that’s an homage to the brilliant detective novels of the early twentieth century, a twisty modern murder mystery, and a searing exploration of grief and loss.

278 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

The Guards
Ken Bruen

Praised by authors and critics around the globe, The Guards is the first novel in the Jack Taylor series and heralded the arrival of prominent Irish writer Ken Bruen as an essential voice in contemporary crime fiction.

An Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel.

291 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

How to Seal Your Own Fate
Kristen Perrin

New York Times bestselling author Kristen Perrin is back and better than ever with her second Castle Knoll Murder Mystery.

309 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

Irène
Pierre Lemaitre

Book #2 in the Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy

452 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

The Killing of the Tinkers
Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen wowed critics and readers alike when he introduced Jack Taylor in The Guards; now he's back with The Killing of the Tinkers, a novel of gritty brilliance that cements Bruen's place among the greats of modern crime fiction.

Winner of the Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel

244 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

Kills Well with Others
Deanna Raybourn

Four women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.

pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Marble Hall Murders
Anthony Horowitz

Murder links past and present once again in this mind-boggling metafictional mystery from Anthony Horowitz featuring detective Atticus Pünd and editor Susan Ryeland, stars of the New York Times bestsellers Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.

582 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

The Price of Everything
Jon McGoran

Corporations fall, gangsters are killed, but no-one messes with the Couriers Guild.

374 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

The Queens of Crime
Marie Benedict

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie—a thrilling story of the five greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life murder.

Instant USA Today Bestseller

310 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

Smoke Screen
Jorn Lier Horst & Thomas Enger

When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren't adding up ... The second instalment in the addictive, atmospheric, award-winning Blix & Ramm series.

314 pp. Paperback - Mystery/Thriller

Smoked: A Snack-Sized Mystery
Jeff Schmoyer

What's that lip-smacking smell coming from the smoker? Food blogger Murph Murphy may be sorry when he finds out. Why do so many of his restaurant reviews go sideways? The fate of the Rusty Pig is in Murph's hands. But will a stalker put an end to him before he can solve the case, or get a decent plate of BBQ?

90 pp. Paperback - Mystery/Thriller

The Stolen Heart
Andrey Kurkov

In the follow-up to The Silver Bone, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2024, Samson Kolechko must rescue his kidnapped fiancée while investigating the illegal sale of meat in lawless 1920s Kyiv— based on a real-life case.

318 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

This Is Not a Game
Kelly Mullen

A grandmother and granddaughter are snowed in at a lavish party at a mansion where the host has been murdered, and the unlikely sleuthing pair must draw on a unique skillset to navigate a dangerous game together.

310 pp. - Mystery/Thriller

Unhinged
Thomas Enger & Jørn Lier Horst

When a police investigator is killed execution-style and Blix's own daughter is targeted by the killer, he makes a dangerous decision, which could cost him everything. Blix & Ramm are back in a breathless, emotive thriller by two of Norway's finest crime writers...

314 pp. Hardcover - Mystery/Thriller

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